Critics loved it

“It felt as if every single one of the event’s 200,000 attendees had squeezed into the Pyramid arena to see the queen of country, and she rewarded them with a performance that surely calls for a redefinition of the word ‘crowdpleaser.'”

And finally, she played ‘Yakety Sax’

Yes, this actually happened — Parton picked up a tiny saxophone covered in rhinestones (of course) and played the goofy “Boots” Randolph instrumental hit from 1963 that’s now probably best known as the theme music to the lowbrow British comedy series The Benny Hill Show.